UK Blasts As ‘Ridiculous’ Sean Spicer’s Repeat of Trump-Spy Claim, White House Backpedals
The White House has backpedaled on comments made by Press Secretary Sean Spicer after the U.K. blasted as “ridiculous” suggestions made by Sean Spicer that a London intelligence agency spied on Donald Trump for former President Barack Obama.
On Thursday, Spicer spent nine minutes of a press conference reading a list of press clippings in an attempt to point to news organizations that have reported claims to back up a tweet sent by President Trump, accusing Obama of wiretapping him.
According to CNN, a White House official said national security adviser H.R. McMaster had a “cordial” conversation with his British counterpart on Thursday, where McMaster described Spicer’s comment as “unintentional.”
Spicer’s filibuster-like reading of various news stories was in response to a question from ABC’s Jonathan Karl regarding the Senate Intelligence Committee declaring there is no evidence to support Trump’s wire tapping claim.